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Hortensis

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12. Yes. And when she deviates it's because she's allowed to
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 05:41 PM
Oct 2021

in order to protect her seat from backlash at home. That said, I haven't read if her vote to impeach tRump fit that pattern or not.

and better not to negotiate through our illustrious media JohnSJ Oct 2021 #1
THIS Right Here. ⬆️ Budi Oct 2021 #4
Sad fucking state of affairs if that's where we are at berni_mccoy Oct 2021 #2
yep Tom Rinaldo Oct 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #23
I think Manchin IS our Collins AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #3
Yes. He is. But he does vote with us. She doesn't most of the time. Hortensis Oct 2021 #6
That's kind of my point AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #9
Yes. And when she deviates it's because she's allowed to Hortensis Oct 2021 #12
It didn't result in his conviction, so I assume so AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #14
The only time she votes with Dems is if she gets a hall pass wellst0nev0ter Oct 2021 #20
Exactly. AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #21
The 2 don't even compare. 🙄 Budi Oct 2021 #10
Right. No comparison. Hortensis Oct 2021 #13
Nope. Not when you look at their record of voting. Budi Oct 2021 #17
It's NOT just Manchin. Budi Oct 2021 #7
Interesting way of looking at it. Tom Rinaldo Oct 2021 #8
And if we didn't need Manchin's (and Sinema's) votes, they'd be released to vote against AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #11
I don't trust Sinema, but Manchin wouldn't vote against if he could. Hortensis Oct 2021 #16
I'm giving Sinema quite a bit of latitude AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #19
Quite spot on DFW Oct 2021 #15
Count on Collins? Not in the equation. However we still have a Cinema problem. Raven123 Oct 2021 #18
Just like it's better to get one red-hot spike stabbed into one eye than it is to get two... Silent3 Oct 2021 #22
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